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Angry Brit trapped on Plague Island! Discworld lover, reader, avid gamer, gardener. Living with M.E., hEDS and Post Covid Syndrome but I Aten't Dead Yet. Sick of this capitalist shitshow, need sleep. **No unsolicited DM's**

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Let me know if some handy tips πŸ˜‚

17.10.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, well, I'm not really good at that πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

17.10.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Instead of a No Kings protest that will go ignored Americans should go on a strike, all the federal workers who aren't being paid and all the other people against Donald Trump and his Government shutdown

Why work for him, he is stealing all your money and providing nothing

17.10.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

There's a discworld feed you can follow

17.10.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

GNU Jilly Cooper. Jilly and dad were friends and the only person I’ve known to call him β€˜Tel’. Hope they’re both having a big drink somewhere.

06.10.2025 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 874    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 6

Congratulations! πŸŽ‰

03.08.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We live in a country where this didn’t make the press.

21.04.2025 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 300    πŸ” 171    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 8
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To celebrate the completion of The Library Trilogy with THE BOOK THAT HELD HER HEART, I'm giving away the full set of signed Locked Library special editions.

To enter just repost.

Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances.

Winner chosen randomly from all entries.

17.04.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 522    πŸ” 520    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 20
A dark teal graphic with a faint image of a person in a wheelchair in the background. White text reads: "COVID-19 is a gateway to lifelong disability, altering the immune system and increasing the risk of reinfections, autoimmune disorders, and life-threatening conditions." A Long COVID Awareness ribbon and C19LAP logo are at the bottom.

A dark teal graphic with a faint image of a person in a wheelchair in the background. White text reads: "COVID-19 is a gateway to lifelong disability, altering the immune system and increasing the risk of reinfections, autoimmune disorders, and life-threatening conditions." A Long COVID Awareness ribbon and C19LAP logo are at the bottom.

COVID-19 is a gateway to lifelong disability, altering the immune system and increasing the risk of reinfections, autoimmune disorders, and life-threatening conditions.
#LongCOVIDAwarenessDay #LongCOVID #LongCOVIDAwareness #FiveYearsLater #LongCOVIDAwareness2025

15.03.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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TODAY IS LONG COVID AWARENESS DAY!

On #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay, help raise #awareness by sharing facts about #LongCOVID! #FactsMatter

15 Facts | 15 Hours | #FiveYearsLater

See the thread below for individual facts to post! Share them all, tag a friend. #longcovidawareness2025

15.03.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
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International Long Covid Awareness Day

Lisa's story is just one of many we hear from nursing staff who have been severely impacted by long COVID.

On #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay, we reiterate our call for the government to recognise it as an occupational disease.

If need support with long COVID, visit our website: buff.ly/Z490BtH

15.03.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump (the genius) is about to place a 200% tax on Guinness the week of St Patrick's Day...

13.03.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1814    πŸ” 281    πŸ’¬ 127    πŸ“Œ 46
Taxing Wealth Report 2024 The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 seeks to answer the question that every journalist loves to ask of every politician, which is β€˜how are you going to pay for it?’, whatever 'it' might be. What we know is...

β€œThe Taxing Wealth Report shows that by making up to thirty relatively simple changes to existing UK taxes, up to Β£90 billion of new tax revenue could be raised a year, entirely from those who are well off or who are straightforwardly wealthy.”
taxingwealth.uk

13.03.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
Terry, Lyn and Rhianna Pratchett in the 70s.

Terry, Lyn and Rhianna Pratchett in the 70s.

As I sit here working away on an adaptation of one of your books, it’s hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since I put Pongo on your bed to sleep for the night and you went to sleep for a bit longer. Miss you always, Dad. ❀️❀️❀️

12.03.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1840    πŸ” 166    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 17

The average MP is claiming more than Β£40,000 in personal benefits, including for ridiculous things like new phones, electricity, heating and food.

Which everyone has to purchase.

Why don't we talk about this benefit fraud?

10.03.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1034    πŸ” 366    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 11

Seeing various articles this morning about issues for children 'starting school' but 95% plus of children are now in settings (including school based ones) way before they start Reception. Their needs are their needs, developmentally. What's required imo is flexibility in curriculum and approach.

11.03.2025 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Similarly Trump has succeeding in forging UK’s EUROPEAN identity far faster than anything I’ve seen for years.

bsky.app/profile/fasc...

07.03.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wearing a floral bonnet says i swear by my pretty floral bonnet ALT: a man wearing a floral bonnet says i swear by my pretty floral bonnet
26.02.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine for a second if the Government actually ran things, and they worked, and we didn't have billionaires who constantly put up the prices but stole all the money so they don't.

Seems impossible?

No that was the 1940's to the 1970's and everyone always says how great it was.

20.02.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 163    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2
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Never leave the important things unsaid. πŸ˜‚

20.02.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Good morning Bluesky! Yeah, I’m not a morning person, it’s like 9:00 and I’m still in Jammie’s drinking coffee. I’ll conquer the day at a reasonable time. πŸ˜‚ #writer #author #poet #booksky #tiredass

13.02.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Council Tax shouldn't exist, it should be paid for by a mixture of Income, Wealth and Business taxes.

04.02.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

People around the country repeatedly told the Democrats, hey you are going to lose to the worst and least popular man on earth, if you keep valuing genocide over the will of the voters.

800,000 murders later, they are *still* capitulating to that dipshit instead of listening to their voters.

04.02.2025 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 194    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
screenshot of a tweet from @ceolawyer

Trump announced that there are 1.5 million Palestinians remaining in Gaza that he wants to evacuate to Jordan and Egypt.

The news is all about Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan and UAE rejecting Trump's plan.

But you know what's not in the news?
How in October 2023, there were 2.3 million people living in Gaza.

And now there's only 1.5 million, even after all the newly born babies.

That means AT LEAST 800,000 Palestinians have been killed in 15 months.

Eight. Hundred. Thousand. People.

screenshot of a tweet from @ceolawyer Trump announced that there are 1.5 million Palestinians remaining in Gaza that he wants to evacuate to Jordan and Egypt. The news is all about Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan and UAE rejecting Trump's plan. But you know what's not in the news? How in October 2023, there were 2.3 million people living in Gaza. And now there's only 1.5 million, even after all the newly born babies. That means AT LEAST 800,000 Palestinians have been killed in 15 months. Eight. Hundred. Thousand. People.

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04.02.2025 05:23 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
A square image showing the cover of Terry'Pratchett's Night Watch, which has a black and white negative image of Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch. The author's name in mint green, and the book title in white are placed at the top of the cover, and there are white borders at the top and bottom of the book. The image bears the text 'Out April 24th' along with the Penguin Modern Classics logo. Paul Kidby's original cover artwork, a parody of the Rembrandt painting featuring John Keel (or rather Sam Vimes) and various characters from the book in place of the original subjects, makes a fitting background to the image.

A square image showing the cover of Terry'Pratchett's Night Watch, which has a black and white negative image of Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch. The author's name in mint green, and the book title in white are placed at the top of the cover, and there are white borders at the top and bottom of the book. The image bears the text 'Out April 24th' along with the Penguin Modern Classics logo. Paul Kidby's original cover artwork, a parody of the Rembrandt painting featuring John Keel (or rather Sam Vimes) and various characters from the book in place of the original subjects, makes a fitting background to the image.

Unless you've been living under a Big Ominous Rock, you'll know that 2025 will be the year that Night Watch is published as a Penguin Modern Classic!
This much-deserved edition includes annotations by Dr David Lloyd & Dr Darryl Jones - Pre-order yours here:
www.discworldemporium.com/product/nigh...

20.01.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 6

It's my face that does it

17.01.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

2/3rds of the people in the UK on 'benefits' are State Pensioners.

Of the other 1/3rd 60% are working.

The other 15% are the long term disabled people that you get in every country.

Don't listen to the Daily Mail.

13.01.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 838    πŸ” 317    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 5
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JFC it's almost like the BBC are trying to deify Trump and his band of arseholes

11.01.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Elon Musk isn't ill, Capitalism has made him think he can do whatever he wants because he is so rich, and Ketamine abuse makes him spout it all on Twitter.

It's all self inflicted.

07.01.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 777    πŸ” 119    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 2

Wikipedia is the last major, visible platform for facts that they can’t buy. The attacks are going to be merciless.

07.01.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8618    πŸ” 3559    πŸ’¬ 131    πŸ“Œ 93

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